Comment on New Comic Series: Strange New Worlds – ‘The Scorpius Run’
geekzapoppin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The main current Star Trek title has been a lot of fun, as has Defiant. The ST:TMP follow-up book hasn’t been as good. Sometimes the characters don’t look much like the actors. Still, IDW has been doing a good job overall with Trek, so I’m absolutely going to give this new one a chance.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Thats probably because they don’t have the rights to use the actors likeness in those books, happens to comics a lot. Actors in the newer shows probably have rights to use their likeness in further material as part of the terms.
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 1 year ago
They absolutely have the rights to the likenesses, and uses them frequently.
It’s just the artist for that particular book draws them as if he half remembers a description he heard once.
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 year ago
Where are you getting the information about contractual rights on likenesses?
I’m curious to know if actors’ contracts have evolved on this over time. I would have thought Paramount would be the exclusive rights holder.
Marina Sirtis, for example, has commented that she wasn’t even informed in advance about her image as Troi being on a recent UK stamp. She says that she has no rights in relation to her likeness as Troi, the rights remain entirely with Paramount.
NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I was just throwing it out as a suggestion, as I’ve seen it happen with other comics, no actual info.